Tag "Periscope"

Live video could make the influencer landscape unrecognisable in the coming months

Last week, the Economist published a handy little chart to show just how much money social media influencers can make just by posting to their social channels. Quite a lot

The world of sport shows how Facebook and Twitter are reaching a tipping point

It’s interesting how technology creates fads and how the further we go, often the further we look back. Sometimes we look back to a technology we discarded long ago as

Should we be worried about only getting access to sportspeople on social media?

It used to be that there was a line between the celebrity – or an institution – and the fan. Journalists would be the go-betweens. Long-form interviews in Sunday morning

The NFL wants to fine teams for posting their own videos on social media

From Wednesday, NFL teams can no longer record video from inside the stadium during a game and post it on social media. From kick-off to an hour after the game, they are prohibited from posting their own

Football League clubs’ digital reach revealed – why getting on technology early is vital

We all know about the social media presence of footballers, and of Premier League football clubs. We all know about the gaffes and the terrible tweets and the activation of

Original NBA programming and exclusive video coming on Twitter and more

NBA and Twitter just announced an expanded content partnership that will bring exclusive original live programming and more video to Twitter, Vine and Periscope. The NBA, through its NBA Digital

Twitter wins NFL streaming rights

In one of the biggest digital sport developments of the year to date, Twitter has won the streaming rights to NFL’s Thursday Night Football, beating out the likes of digital